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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 25, 1928

Page

8

Home-Coming Plans Near Webb Summit Church

Logan June 25 Plans are being made by Webb's Chapel Methodist Church for a home coming at the church near Webb Summit next Sunday. An all day session with a basket dinner is planned. Efforts are underway to invite former pastors and Logan residents who lived nearby are expected to attend. A bridge tea was held at the Easterling clubhouse for Mrs. W A Bennett with nine tables and top scores by Mrs. Yontz and Mrs. Thurness. Out of town guests listed include Mrs. Bennett of Cincinnati and others from Columbus Latrobe Pittsburgh Titusville Conneaut and more.

Logan Webb's Chapel Methodist Church Webb Summit Stanley Sparnow Ruth Easterling Easterling W. A. Bennett Olivia Wright Harry Yontz Pittsburgh W. D. Thurness Elizabeth Remple Bennet Cincinnati Richard Radebaugh Edward Conrad Robert Bellows Carl Specht Columbus Fred Woodard Conneaut George Brown Latrope Robert Johnstone Titusville

Commissioners Inspect Klump Bridge With Expert Advisor

County commissioners and a bridge expert visited the Klump bridge over Rush Creek to review widening excavation made years ago. The four year old structure reportedly buckled and was deemed unsafe, with plans discussed to realign the bridge. In a second note from Mexico City, schools adopt new teaching methods integrating drawing into all subjects to aid memory.

Logan Rush Creek Klump Mexico City

Parks Draw Massive Tourist Footfall Across National Forests

National forests and parks expand as a tourist draw. Ten years ago about 54,000 vehicles entered parks, and this year an estimated 2,500,000 visitors will explore them.

Rain Ends Logan Officers Baseball Tie After Rain Delay

Logan and the Officers end at a 5 to 5 tie when rain halted play after six innings. Soliday pitched superbly for Logan, while Johnson Mullen and Farrow supplied Logan’s offense. Brown Mowery and Krumilauf, former Hocking county residents, starred for Lancaster in the field. A return game is set for August 4 between the same teams.

Logan Soliday Logan Lads Johnson Mullen Farrow Fuller Davis Brown Mowery Krumilauf Lancaster Hocking County

Scarecrow Found Frozen in Rochester Ice Under Bridge

Dr. Richard A Leon ardo the Rochester coroner received a call about a body in the raceway ice beneath Central Avenue bridge. Coroner and morgue inspector John J Meagher traced the scene to a scarecrow entombed in ice, which rescuers pried loose and dragged ashore.

Rochester N. Y Richard A. Leonardo Leonardo Central Avenue John J. Meagher

Grandpa of Sigma Chi recalls lost fraternity pin

Huntington veteran George Odd Newman aged 91, oldest Sigma Chi member, recounts his first pin lost amid the 1861 Bull Run retreat during the First Ohio Infantry campaign. A search on the battlefield failed to recover the jewel, though he continues to receive fraternity greetings on birthdays.

NEA Huntington W. Va Sigma Chi Fraternity George Odd Newman Newman Pia Mes Manassas Junction Bull Run Gamma Chapter Sigma Chi Ohio Wesleyan University Portsmouth Ohio Infantry Virginia Lincoln Ile

Birthday party honors Mrs Merritt Wonn at East Hunter home

For her daughter Mary Frances Wonn over birthday observance Mrs Merritt Wonn hosted a Friday afternoon gathering on East Hunter street. Guests arrived at five for lawn games then a dinner followed by a theater outing at the Pythian with a long list of attendees.

Mary Frances Wonn Merritt Won East Hunter Street Pythian Betty Whitener Helen Pleukharp Ellen Fishbaugh Leona Bowers Joyce Fields Dorothy Franks Ruth Maclies Miriam Geddes Mary Coakley

Conkey Arrested In Possession of Whisky In Logan

Logan June 25 Tex Conkey was arrested early Sunday by Traffic Officer Joe Farbearn for possession of whisky. The arrest occurred at Hollywood in Ward township where a party was reported. Conkey was taken to Logan and jailed pending arraignment scheduled this week.

Logan Tex Conkey Joe Farbearn Hollywood Ward Township Conkey

Logan Social Notes Highlights Visit and Guests

Mr and Mrs E S Brown and Mr and Mrs Frank Danison of Lancaster traveled through Logan Sunday en route home from A C Woods and relatives near Maxville. Stanley Baker and son Jack visited Byron Moorehead in Columbus and returned with Ralph Webb. Ralph Dennis family of Chillicothe stopped in Logan. former residents. Ernest Miller of Columbus stayed with J P Miller family. Kate Stowe and daughters Emma and Luanna of Bairds Furnace visited. Leland Stokes and son from Columbus joined L T Huffman’s family for Sunday. D M Soliday led the Logan Industrial League to the Boys Industrial School for a game with the officers.

Brown Frank Danison Lancaster Logan A. C. Woods Maxville Stanley Baker Jack Byron Moorehead Columbus Ralph Webb Moorehead Ralph Dennis Chillicothe Ernest Miller J. P. Miller Kate Stowe Emma and Luanna Bairds Furnace Leland Stokes Son of L. T. Huffman D. M. Soliday Logan Industrial League Boys’ Industrial School

Direct Republican Campaign Forming Hoover Curtis Team

The Republican National Committee installs new executive officers to direct the Hoover Curtis presidential campaign. Names include Hubert Work as chairman and Secretary of Interior, Joseph R. Nutt as treasurer, Franklin W. Fort as secretary, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert as vice chairman for women’s activities, and Ralph Williams as vice chairman.

Republican National Committee Hoover-Curtis Interior Hubert Work Joseph R. Nutt Union Trust Company Cleveland Franklin W. Fort New Jersey Alvin T. Hert Kentucky Ralph Williams Oregon

Former Inspector Dies in Capital

John M. Roan 70 former chief mine inspector and war era coal administrator died Saturday night at his home 814 Oakwood Avenue Columbus. Funeral at 8 oclock Wednesday at residence then 830 at St Johns Church 85 Ohio Avenue burial at St Josephs Cemetery by OShaughnessy company. Roan came to Columbus 30 years ago as Sun Creek Coal manager from New Straitsville and later led Clinchfield Coal Dante West Virginia. Since World War he was commissioner of the Coal Operators Bureau.

Columbus John M. Roan Oakwood Avenue St. John’s ‘Church Ohio Avenue St. Joseph's Cemetery O'Shaughnessy Company Roan Sunday Creek Goal Company New Straitsville Clinchfield Coal Corporation Dante W. Va Coal Operators’ Bureau

Fire in Bentonville Destroys Mill and Home

Fire from a gasoline stove in a barber shop in Bentonville quickly spread destroying a three story flour mill and the residence of mill owner George Lomberd. Lomberd and his family are touring.

Bentonville U.P George Lomberd Lomberd

Young Judaea National Oratorical Winners Named

Esther Davis of New York won first prize and Helen Ruth Krueger of Boston took second in the national oratorical finals held at the Young Judaea national convention in Long Branch New Jersey.

Long Branch N. J Esther Davis New York Helen Ruth Krueger Boston Young Judaea

Fisherman Henry Kuhl Dies After Ledge Fall on Sandusky River

In Toledo on June 25 Henry Kuhl 85 a grocery clerk from Toledo died during a fishing party when he and brother Theodore slipped from a ledge along the Sandusky river one mile north of Fremont. John Thoma 49 nearby rescued Theodore and attempted to save Henry but was unsuccessful.

Toledo Henry Kuhl Sandusky River Fremont Theodore John Thoma Remant Thoma Henry

Ship Mail Theft Mystery Continues On Atlantic Run

The Leviathan sailed from Southampton for New York amid no new developments in the $500,000 registered mail car robbery. Onboard police inquiries halted with no fresh findings, investigations reportedly shifting to New York.

London Southampton New York

Famous producer Brook Blinn dies after horse accident

New York producer and stage star Brook Blinn died at Journey's End in Croton-on-Hudson New York from septic poisoning linked to a right arm injury suffered when he was thrown from a horse two weeks earlier He was 56 and had been appearing in The Play's the Thing before his illness led to his withdrawal from the stage.

New York Holbrook Blinn Journey's End Croton-one Hudson N. Y

Home Struck by Lightning Destroys Fulton County Residence

The home of Rynaldo James in Fulton, Morrow County, was struck by lightning and burned today during a severe rainstorm. James, who lived alone, escaped by jumping through a window.

Cardington U.P Rynaldo James Fulton Morrow County James

One Solution to the Lete ter Golf Puzzle

A reader offers a chain answer for the Leter letter Golf puzzle: Coat, Cost, Cast, Vast, Vest. The sequence demonstrates a vowel change guiding a word ladder style progression.

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